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PFS StandardFlotsam Terror

When the sea is vicious and its currents churn with malevolence, waves can crash upon the sides of ships, turning wooden hulls into splinters. These violent shipwrecks leave the souls of hundreds of sailors trapped within the flotsam and bodily carnage, all of which coalesce into the forms of dozens of vicious undead horrors, each fated to haunt the depths forevermore. Also known as sailor’s bane or jetsam swarms, flotsam terrors drift along the waves, indistinguishable from harmless debris and seaweed as they search endlessly for ships they can tear down to the same bitter end they faced.

While they are most commonly formed in the deadly aftermath of a great shipwreck, where the raw materials necessary for their creation are plentiful, flotsam terrors have also been known to rise after other traumatic events at sea. Failed mutinies, pirate attacks upon innocent travelers, or even the souls of those who suffered the slow and painful death of being stranded at sea can all find themselves trapped in the form of a violent amalgamation of debris. Regardless of the tragedy that led to their creation, a flotsam terror stalks the seas hungry for revenge on an unjust world, seeking other sufferers whose wrongful deaths will lead them to join in the undead’s bloody and endless crusade across the sea.

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Flotsam TerrorCreature 4

Small Undead Unholy 
Source High Seas pg. 118
Recall Knowledge DC 19 • Undead (Religion)
Perception +7; darkvision
Languages Necril, plus any one language it knew while alive; (can’t speak any language)
Skills Athletics +8, Stealth +3 (+7 in water)
Str +4, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -2, Wis +3, Cha +3
AC 17 (13 when broken), wreckage armor; Fort +7, Ref +4, Will +9
HP 54 (void healing); Hardness 5; Immunities bleed, death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, precision, unconscious; Weaknesses discorporation vulnerability 5, vitality 5
Discorporation Vulnerability While discorporated, the flotsam terror gains weakness 5 to area damage and splash damage.Wreckage Armor When not discorporated, a flotsam terror has an outer shell of seaweed and nautical debris. This shell has Hardness from the amalgamation of objects. Once a flotsam terror is reduced to fewer than half its Hit Points, its wreckage armor breaks, removing the Hardness and reducing its Armor Class to 17.
Speed 15 feet, swim 35 feet
Melee [one-action] sharp edge +9 [+4/-1] (versatile P), Damage 2d8+6 slashingRanged [one-action] flotsam +8 [+3/-2] (thrown 30 feet), Damage 2d6+6 piercingAmass Refuse [two-actions] Requirements The flotsam terror is not discorporated and is adjacent to nautical debris; Effect The flotsam terror rejuvenates by assimilating additional pieces of wreckage into itself. It restores its wreckage armor, regaining its Hardness and restoring its AC to 21.Debris Whorl [one-action] Requirements The flotsam terror is discorporated; Effect Each enemy in the flotsam terror’s space takes 3d6 slashing damage (DC 17 basic Reflex save).Discorporate [two-actions] (manipulate) Requirements The flotsam terror is in water; Effect The rubbish and detritus of the flotsam terror’s tangled body breaks apart into a swarming mass of broken bones and debris. While discorporated, the flotsam terror occupies a 10-foot space; gains the swarm trait; gains immunity to grabbed, prone, and restrained; loses its land Speed; and can no longer make Strikes. A discorporated flotsam terror can Dismiss this ability to reconstitute, choosing an unoccupied square of its discorporated form to reconstitute in.

Sidebar - Treasure and Rewards Lost At Sea

Most of a flotsam terror is composed of splintered wood and nails from a ship, but anything and everything on board can find its way into this mass. When something valuable is lost at sea and can't be recovered from the shipwreck, it might have been swept up into a flotsam terror as it formed from the unsettled spirits of the wreck. Many flotsam terrors hide small valuables like jewelry, silverware, coins, and precious gemstones tangled up within their other wreckage.
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